Awards

Thieme Award for the Most Innovative Planta Medica Original Paper

Ever since 2013, Thieme awards every year the most promising paper published in Planta Medica in the previous year with a monetary prize. The decision of the jury – the Editors of the journal – is strictly based on scientific quality and on the interest that the paper has met with in the scientific community.

2026 winners are:

Jieyi Cai, Ling Luo, Min Yuan, Hui Li, Lü Chen, Qianqian Peng, Changlai Zhu, Yun Gu

for their paper

Baicalein Alleviates Neuropathic Pain by Inhibiting Microglial Activation and Inflammation Via the TLR4/NF-κB p65 Pathway (Planta Med 2025; 91: 758-770).

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2025 winners are:

Patricia Frei, Christian Nadegger, Angelika M. Vollmar, Thomas Müller, Simone Moser

for their paper

Structural Characterization, and Antioxidative and Anti-inflammatory Activities of Phylloxanthobilins in Tropaeolum majus, a Plant with Relevance in Phytomedicine (Planta Med 2024; 90: 641-650).

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